Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’
Book Review: Warner Bros.: 100 Years of Storytelling by Mark A. Vieira
While it doesn’t tell the whole story, Warner Bros.: 100 Years of Storytelling is a fun trip down movie memory lane.
Read MoreThe Wild Party Blu-ray Review: A Wild Night Is Calling
Entertaining overall and provides a lively and intriguing look at what those legendary, sometimes deadly Hollywood parties of the 1920s may have been like.
Read MoreBook Review: It’s Alive! by Julian David Stone
Julian David Stone brings to life the world of 1930s Hollywood as it lumbers out of the silent era and into the universe of sound.
Read MoreDamn Yankees Blu-ray Review: Lola Wants (and Gets) 4K
Warner Archive has done terrific job with this new release of the classic musical.
Read MoreOld Boyfriends Blu-ray Review: Girl Trip
A bit of a curiosity, Old Boyfriends is still an interesting film to watch, especially for the boyfriends.
Read MoreBook Review: Strange Cures by Rob Zabrecky
Zabrecky details his journeys into art, failed employment, music, addiction, and ultimately, recovery.
Read MoreScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood DVD Review: Sheds a Light on Hollywood’s Golden Era
The documentary gives us an interesting glimpse Hollywood’s gay “underground” during the 1940s and ’50s.
Read MoreThe Big Knife (1955) Blu-ray Review: Cuts Like a Life
Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, and a barely restrained Rod Steiger star in this dark exposé of ’50s Hollywood from Arrow Academy.
Read MoreThe Crimson Kimono (1959) Blu-ray Review: A Crash Course in Orientation
Samuel Fuller’s powerful (and still topical) look at racism gets a beautiful HD release from Sony Pictures and Twilight Time.
Read MoreS.O.B. (1981) Blu-ray Review: Julie Andrews’ Most Revealing Role
The Warner Archive Collection releases Blake Edwards’ bitingly funny stab at Hollywood, featuring his famous wife’s only nude scene.
Read MoreWon Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Blu-ray Review: Save Yourself, Dawg
Yes, it’s a dog’s world, but that doesn’t mean you have to live in it.
Read MoreBook Review: Only the Dead Know Burbank by Bradford Tatum
A literary display of the origins of horror in film, harkening back to terrors from our past.
Read MoreTab Hunter Confidential Movie Review: It Tells the Hard Truth about the Darkside of Stardom
A personal and ultimate look at the complicated career of a 1950s Hollywood heartthrob as told by Tab himself.
Read MoreWhat Price Hollywood? DVD Review: Hell Is a Place Called, Well, You Know
The Warner Archive dusts off another forgotten tale of woe set in vintage Tinseltown.
Read MoreFree and Easy / Estrellados DVD Review: Buster Keaton en Español? ¡Sí!
Because we all know how well Buster Keaton could dance, sing, and speak Spanish.
Read MoreStar Dust DVD Review: B-movie About Hollywood
Linda Darnell shines in a lesser-known good, but not great dramedy about Hollywood.
Read MoreTrust Me (2014) Movie Review: Jerry Maguire with an Unfortunate Ending
It’s so good until it suddenly isn’t.
Read MoreS.O.B. Movie Review: A Semi-autobiographical Skewering of Hollywood Movers and Shakers
A bleak, but funny, tale of Hollywood’s love/hate relationship with itself.
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